Ariane 44L (Flight V155) launched Intelsat 906, a 4,723 kg geostationary communications satellite for Intelsat carrying 72 C-band and 22 Ku-band transponders to provide telephony, internet, and TV broadcast services across Europe, Asia, and Australia.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- GTO
- Geostationary transfer orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 4.7 T
- Flight
- 38th
- of 40 Ariane 44L flights
- Date and time
- 6 September 2002, 06:44 UTC
- Rocket
- Ariane 44L
- Builder
- Aérospatiale
- Launch site
- Ariane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 2002-041
- Launches in 2002
- 41st of 65
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